British subscription genealogy site findmypast.co.uk announced it
has added more than 2.2 million records in the past month, including
parish baptism, marriage and burial records collections dating back
to 1568 for Wales, East London, Sheffield/Yorkshire, Kent,
Lincolnshire, Plymouth and West Devon. Search the records at
findmypast.co.uk.

The National Archives
Southeast regional facility in Atlanta is planning an exhibit
and workshop on Ellis Island immigration records. The Ellis Island:
The Lost Mural exhibit opens July 21 with a replica of a 1938 Works
Progress Administration mural from the Ellis Island immigrants'
dining hall, along with immigration documents and portraits of
famous immigrants including Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo, Alexander
Graham Bell and others.

A related genealogy records workshop with
immigration records expert John Philip Colletta will be held Sat.,
Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee is $20; call (770) 968-2555
if you're interested in attending.